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10 Cards in this Set
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What are the 4 BIG flaw categories?
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Bad assumption, false cause, bad generalization (sample size & not representative) & illegal xlation
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What are the other 9 flaw categories?
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Appeal to emotion/authority, self-contradictory, false choice, equivocal use of a key term, attacking the speaker, bad analogy, circular, part/whole confusion & bad math
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What flaw category is the worst?
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Self-contradictory (0%)= False
Always the worst flaw!!! |
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Describe a False Cause flaw
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Any claim of causation in a conclusion or sub-conclusion
*OK in evidence line *Then/after is not causal |
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Describe an Illegal Xlation flaw
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Illegally taking a suffiency relationship and interpreting a neccesity relationship
*Never illegal xlation in evidence lines |
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Describe an Appeal to Authority flaw
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Bad assumption of credibility to speaker, proponent or source
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Describe an Equivocal Use of a Key Term flaw
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Two legitimate definition terms
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Describe a Circular flaw
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Assuming its own conclusion
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Describe an Attacking the Speaker flaw
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Discrediting speaker, proponent or source
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What are the two types of measures in Bad Math flaws?
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Relative (%,avg.,fractions, ratios,multiples) & Actual (countings #s
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